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Gloves: Risks and Solutions for the Most Overlooked Zone 1 Food Safety Item with Steve Ardagh, CEO & Founder of Eagle Protect | Episode 115
This episode is sponsored by DeVere Chemical
🧼 Ready to say WOW? Get 15% off DeVere’s best-selling WOW™ All Purpose Cleaner—tough on grime, gentle on surfaces. Use code POOP at checkout!
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In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by Steve Ardagh, the CEO and Founder of Eagle Protect, now as our official sponsor. He’s also known as the “Glove Guy” and is on a mission to save the world one glove at a time.
He’s been on the podcast before, and we’ve also talked about his research and glove safety on other occasions. Even so, we guarantee you’ll learn something new today, as our hosts always do when talking to him.
They touch on topics such as the glove safety gap in the US, the fact that contaminated gloves might result in false positive lab results, the idea that better quality gloves actually reduce glove cost, the impact of tariffs on glove quality, why vinyl gloves should be banned, and more.
In this episode:
💩 [01:14] Officially meet Steve Ardagh, the “Glove Guy”, as our new sponsor
đź’© [03:17] The biggest challenge behind glove safety
đź’© [04:01] When Matt and Francine learned that gloves may already come in dirty
💩 [05:03] Being FDA Food Compliant doesn’t guarantee the glove is safe
💩 [07:11] The glove safety gap and Eagle Protect’s role in closing it
đź’© [08:28] The harmful chemicals that can even be in FDA food-compliant gloves
đź’© [09:50] Bringing awareness to the problem, but also providing the solution
đź’© [12:07] Any risk is too much of a risk when it comes to our safety
đź’© [14:34] The terrible consequences for the most vulnerable and their loved ones
đź’© [17:08] The idea that maybe the gloves are the actual culprit
đź’© [19:39] Why vinyl gloves should be banned from food handling
đź’© [22:28] How tariffs can impact the vinyl glove supply and a better option
đź’© [24:29] The progress in the industry around gloves
đź’© [25:36] Stop cutting corners: better quality gloves actually reduce glove cost
đź’© [30:03] Beware the ways glove factories save money, especially as tariffs rise
đź’© [31:58] How Eagle Protect guarantees their gloves are safe and high quality
đź’© [34:55] Make sure your gloves help rather than compromise your safety
💩 [36:13] Good gloves don’t rip
đź’© [38:05] 16% of food outbreaks implicate gloves as the cause
đź’© [40:36] Stories of concerning yet common glove misuse
Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.
Resources from this episode
Catch up on our previous episodes about Glove Safety:
- Episode 56 | The Truth About Single-Use Gloves: Are They Actually Helping?
- Episode 57 | The Glove Food Safety Gap: Raising Disposable Glove Standards with Steve Ardagh, CEO and Founder of Eagle Protect
- Episode 81 | Global Glove Safety Day and Other Big Food Safety Issues with “Food Safety Icon” Dr. Darin Detwiler
Access the Journal of Food Protection Paper Steve mentions.
Check out Eagle Protect’s Clean Gloves Project: White Paper & Glove Testing.
The new glove safety solution that Eagle Protect unveiled at the Food Safety Summit 2025.
Eagle Protect’s Case Study on How Better Quality Gloves Reduce Glove Cost. For more of their Case Studies, go here.
Articles and Papers on Phthalates and Vinyl Gloves:
- Eagle Protect’s Article: Are Vinyl Gloves - Protection or Poison?
- The Coalition for Safer Food Processing & Packaging’s Report: Time To Take Off The Toxic Gloves.
- Ansell Care’s Position Paper: Vinyl Gloves: Facts You Should Know.
The paper that showed that 16% of Foodborne Outbreaks Implicate Glove Cross-Contamination.
Noteworthy quote from this episode
“ Gloves [in the US] aren't required to be clean or intact, so you could have a glove come in with a dead mouse in it and holes all through it, and as long as it passes that FDA food compliance, there's nothing illegal being done.” – Steve Ardagh
We hope you enjoy this episode!
Remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact in the world of food safety!
Share your thoughts and feedback on the show, and feel free to offer any topics you would like to hear discussed.
We'd love to hear from you!
📲 Connect with Steve, Francine, Matt, and the "Don't Eat Poop!" show on LinkedIn!
đź“• Check out Francine's book Who Watches the Kitchen? on Amazon!Â
🎙️ BE A GUEST ON DON’T EAT POOP!
Fill out this form to tell us more about yourself. We’ll reach out via email within 30 days with next steps if you’re selected.
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By Food Safety Specialists: Matthew Regusci and Francine L Shaw
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This episode is sponsored by DeVere Chemical
🧼 Ready to say WOW? Get 15% off DeVere’s best-selling WOW™ All Purpose Cleaner—tough on grime, gentle on surfaces. Use code POOP at checkout!
👉 Shop here
đź“© Contact DeVere to claim your discount.
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by Steve Ardagh, the CEO and Founder of Eagle Protect, now as our official sponsor. He’s also known as the “Glove Guy” and is on a mission to save the world one glove at a time.
He’s been on the podcast before, and we’ve also talked about his research and glove safety on other occasions. Even so, we guarantee you’ll learn something new today, as our hosts always do when talking to him.
They touch on topics such as the glove safety gap in the US, the fact that contaminated gloves might result in false positive lab results, the idea that better quality gloves actually reduce glove cost, the impact of tariffs on glove quality, why vinyl gloves should be banned, and more.
In this episode:
💩 [01:14] Officially meet Steve Ardagh, the “Glove Guy”, as our new sponsor
đź’© [03:17] The biggest challenge behind glove safety
đź’© [04:01] When Matt and Francine learned that gloves may already come in dirty
💩 [05:03] Being FDA Food Compliant doesn’t guarantee the glove is safe
💩 [07:11] The glove safety gap and Eagle Protect’s role in closing it
đź’© [08:28] The harmful chemicals that can even be in FDA food-compliant gloves
đź’© [09:50] Bringing awareness to the problem, but also providing the solution
đź’© [12:07] Any risk is too much of a risk when it comes to our safety
đź’© [14:34] The terrible consequences for the most vulnerable and their loved ones
đź’© [17:08] The idea that maybe the gloves are the actual culprit
đź’© [19:39] Why vinyl gloves should be banned from food handling
đź’© [22:28] How tariffs can impact the vinyl glove supply and a better option
đź’© [24:29] The progress in the industry around gloves
đź’© [25:36] Stop cutting corners: better quality gloves actually reduce glove cost
đź’© [30:03] Beware the ways glove factories save money, especially as tariffs rise
đź’© [31:58] How Eagle Protect guarantees their gloves are safe and high quality
đź’© [34:55] Make sure your gloves help rather than compromise your safety
💩 [36:13] Good gloves don’t rip
đź’© [38:05] 16% of food outbreaks implicate gloves as the cause
đź’© [40:36] Stories of concerning yet common glove misuse
Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.
Resources from this episode
Catch up on our previous episodes about Glove Safety:
- Episode 56 | The Truth About Single-Use Gloves: Are They Actually Helping?
- Episode 57 | The Glove Food Safety Gap: Raising Disposable Glove Standards with Steve Ardagh, CEO and Founder of Eagle Protect
- Episode 81 | Global Glove Safety Day and Other Big Food Safety Issues with “Food Safety Icon” Dr. Darin Detwiler
Access the Journal of Food Protection Paper Steve mentions.
Check out Eagle Protect’s Clean Gloves Project: White Paper & Glove Testing.
The new glove safety solution that Eagle Protect unveiled at the Food Safety Summit 2025.
Eagle Protect’s Case Study on How Better Quality Gloves Reduce Glove Cost. For more of their Case Studies, go here.
Articles and Papers on Phthalates and Vinyl Gloves:
- Eagle Protect’s Article: Are Vinyl Gloves - Protection or Poison?
- The Coalition for Safer Food Processing & Packaging’s Report: Time To Take Off The Toxic Gloves.
- Ansell Care’s Position Paper: Vinyl Gloves: Facts You Should Know.
The paper that showed that 16% of Foodborne Outbreaks Implicate Glove Cross-Contamination.
Noteworthy quote from this episode
“ Gloves [in the US] aren't required to be clean or intact, so you could have a glove come in with a dead mouse in it and holes all through it, and as long as it passes that FDA food compliance, there's nothing illegal being done.” – Steve Ardagh
We hope you enjoy this episode!
Remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact in the world of food safety!
Share your thoughts and feedback on the show, and feel free to offer any topics you would like to hear discussed.
We'd love to hear from you!
📲 Connect with Steve, Francine, Matt, and the "Don't Eat Poop!" show on LinkedIn!
đź“• Check out Francine's book Who Watches the Kitchen? on Amazon!Â
🎙️ BE A GUEST ON DON’T EAT POOP!
Fill out this form to tell us more about yourself. We’ll reach out via email within 30 days with next steps if you’re selected.
_______
Produced by Ideablossoms
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